FPA-12421

Borders Estate

Approved Felling Permission Application

Location

The site location, area and map references recorded in the application.

Mapped work areas · Used for site analysis.

CF - Clear Felling

Work areas show recorded operations, not property boundaries or restocking areas.

Boundary source · Contains Scottish Forestry information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Country: Scotland
Woodland: Borthaugh Covert
Nearest town: Hawick
Local authority: Scottish Borders Council
Forestry administration: South Scotland Conservancy (Conservancy)
Grid reference: NT475136
Total area: 5.87 ha

Official case map OpenStreetMap

Source

Official register, reference and application dates.

Key dates

Application registered 1 April 2025
Application accepted 1 April 2025
Consultation opens 6 May 2025
Consultation closes 3 June 2025
Decision issued 5 June 2025
Restocking due 30 June 2028
First archived 9 July 2026
Last seen on the register 4 November 2026

Official source

Scottish Forestry Public Register

FPA-12421

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Forestry operations

Proposed operations extracted from the public register PDF; source row groupings retained.

Felling window: 1 May 2025 – 31 Dec 2026
Felling area: 5.87 ha
Estimated volume: 1,765 m³
Proposed restocking: 5.87 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Japanese larchScots pine

Proposed restocking species

Mixed native broadleavesScots pineWestern red cedar

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
2102A	Clear Felling	Scots pine	4.56 ha	75 yr	2,432	1,370 m³	None
2102B	Clear Felling	Japanese larch	0.71 ha	103 yr	276	215 m³	None
2102C	Clear Felling	Japanese larch	0.12 ha	103 yr	47	35 m³	None
2102D	Clear Felling	Japanese larch	0.48 ha	103 yr	186	145 m³	None

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
2102A	Replant felled area	Scots pine	65%	3.82 ha	2,500	—	—
2102B	Replant felled area	Western red cedar	8%	0.47 ha	2,500	—	—
2102C	Replant felled area	Mixed native broadleaves	8%	0.47 ha	1,600	—	—
2102D	Create Designed Open Ground	—	19%	1.12 ha	—	—	—

Nearby

Forestry activity within 10 km; land listings and saved locations within 10 km from point.

Surrounding forestry activity

Felling and woodland creation applications within 10 km from point

Felling applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
CB342261 Wilton Burn Farm	Location Hawick Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 1.4 km away	Area 1.41 ha	Decision issued 7 Jan 2014
CB266985 Wilton Burn Farm	Location Hawick Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 1.6 km away	Area 3.65 ha	Decision issued 14 Aug 2013
FPA-7908 Crumhaugh Rd, Hawick, TD9 0BA	Location Hawick Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 2.0 km away	Area 0.18 ha	Decision issued 19 Mar 2021
CB34292 Branxholm Knowe	Location Hawick Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 2.1 km away	Area 3.59 ha	Decision issued 23 May 2012
FLA-6199 Hawick Burgh Woodlands	Location Hawick Scottish Borders	Status Expired	Distance 2.2 km away	Area 14.87 ha	Decision issued 8 Apr 2019

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded application points.

Woodland creation applications

Within 10 km

Application	Location	Status	Distance	Area	Key date
26FGS92479 Fenwick NWC	Location Hawick Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 2.2 km away	Area 4.41 ha	Approved 11 Aug 2026
18FGS28878 Whitchesters Riparian Woodland Planting	Location Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 2.3 km away	Area 16.04 ha	Approved 29 Nov 2018
18FGS34278 Chapelhill Woodland Creation	Location Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 2.9 km away	Area 97.83 ha	Approved 12 Sept 2019
21FGS56283 Stirches Mains Woodland Creation	Location Hawick Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 3.0 km away	Area 2.81 ha	Approved 29 Jul 2021
19FGS41463 Branxholm Braes Riparian Woodland	Location HAWICK Scottish Borders	Status Approved	Distance 3.4 km away	Area 2.34 ha	Approved 28 Jan 2020

Up to five results, ordered by straight-line distance from point to recorded application points.

Land listings

No nearby records found within 10 km from point in the queried datasets.

Changes

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StandingWire added data from the PDF
4 Nov 2026, 06:39 GMT

Information from the public register PDF is available in Forestry operations.
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First captured
9 Jul 2026, 09:55 BST

Status when first captured

Approved

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